Humans produce skin cells by mitosis and gametes by meiosis. The nuclei of skin cells produced by mitosis will have

A) half as much DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

B) the same amount of DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

C) twice as much DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

D) four times as much DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

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Haley May

3 May, 02:16

Humans produce skin cells by mitosis and gametes by meiosis. The nuclei of skin cells produced by mitosis will have

A) half as much DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

B) the same amount of DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

C) twice as much DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

D) four times as much DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

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Marina Wood · Answer 1

C) twice as much DNA as the nuclei of gametes produced by meiosis.

Explanation:

The somatic cells are diploid cells, which means, carries two copies of each chromosome. Gametes (eggs and sperm) are haploid cells, which means they only carry one copy of each chromosome, it means, they posses half the genetic information of any somatic cell, like skin cells.